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tele immersion
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Telepresence:-
Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present,
to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their
true location. Telepresence requires that the senses of the user, or users, are provided with such
stimuli as to give the feeling of being in that other location. Additionally, the users may be given
the ability to affect the remote location. In this case, the user's position, movements, actions,
voice, etc. may be sensed, transmitted and duplicated in the remote location to bring about this
effect. Therefore information may be travelling in both directions between the user and the
remote location.
History:
· The term Telepresence was coined in a 1980 article by Marvin Minsky. He co-founded
the artificial intelligence laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He used
the term to elaborate & modernize an order concept called Teleoperation.[15]
· The first commercially successful Telepresence company, Teleport (which was later
changed to Telesuite), was founded in 1993 by David Allen and Harold Williams. The
original intent was to develop a system that could allow families to interact across great
distances without the hassle or costliness of flying. The first systems (which they called
Telesuites) looked more like something out of an upper class home rather than a
conference room in an office suite (which are what most systems are used for today).
David Allen purchased all of the assets of Telesuite and then called the new company
Destiny Conferencing.
True Telepresence: -
Telepresence is substantially different from videoconferencing, which has all but ignored the
human factors of communication. Whether it’s a web camera sitting on top of a computer
monitor or an expensive high-resolution camera atop a custom, built-in room projection screen,
these and all typical videoconferencing systems ignore visual communication fundamentals.
True Telepresence is a multidisciplinary art and science that foundationally integrates
engineering, psychology, and the television broadcast art. For true Telepresence following points
are very important:
Continuous Presence vs. Switched Presence:-
When multiple conferees are to be seen in a conference, a decision needs to be made in the
conference design. In continuous presence, if six people are to be seen from the distant site, the
local room displays six life-size people. This is continuous presence where everyone is displayed
simultaneously. However, in reality, these systems often are forced out of a continuous presence
mode and into switched presence mode during multipoint conferences. Take for example, three
sites with six people each. Each site can display only six life-size people, but there are a total of
18 participants. Continuous presence for group conferencing almost always is required to also
include switched presence (i.e., reduced in size or removed from view).
Need for Telepresence:
Consider this scenario: I am in London at a meeting with one of my largest customers and I have
just heard that they are about to select one of my competitor on a strategic bid. I have been asked
for and received extra time to resubmit my proposal, and I have now little more than one week to
put together a completely new bid. The problem is that your main office is in New York, product
design is in California, and manufacturing is outsourced in the Far East. I need to bring together
many disparate parts of my own organization and outside suppliers, to construct a counter offer
in the required timeframe. It is down to me to make this happen, but how can I do it? With the
time constraints travelling is completely out of the question and using e-mail and telephone calls
is not likely to get the job wholly complete. With Telepresence, however, one can get all of these
important meetings done from ones local field office in London, which has an immersive
Telepresence suite installed.
tele immersion .pdf (Size: 1.03 MB / Downloads: 59)
Telepresence:-
Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present,
to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their
true location. Telepresence requires that the senses of the user, or users, are provided with such
stimuli as to give the feeling of being in that other location. Additionally, the users may be given
the ability to affect the remote location. In this case, the user's position, movements, actions,
voice, etc. may be sensed, transmitted and duplicated in the remote location to bring about this
effect. Therefore information may be travelling in both directions between the user and the
remote location.
History:
· The term Telepresence was coined in a 1980 article by Marvin Minsky. He co-founded
the artificial intelligence laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He used
the term to elaborate & modernize an order concept called Teleoperation.[15]
· The first commercially successful Telepresence company, Teleport (which was later
changed to Telesuite), was founded in 1993 by David Allen and Harold Williams. The
original intent was to develop a system that could allow families to interact across great
distances without the hassle or costliness of flying. The first systems (which they called
Telesuites) looked more like something out of an upper class home rather than a
conference room in an office suite (which are what most systems are used for today).
David Allen purchased all of the assets of Telesuite and then called the new company
Destiny Conferencing.
True Telepresence: -
Telepresence is substantially different from videoconferencing, which has all but ignored the
human factors of communication. Whether it’s a web camera sitting on top of a computer
monitor or an expensive high-resolution camera atop a custom, built-in room projection screen,
these and all typical videoconferencing systems ignore visual communication fundamentals.
True Telepresence is a multidisciplinary art and science that foundationally integrates
engineering, psychology, and the television broadcast art. For true Telepresence following points
are very important:
Continuous Presence vs. Switched Presence:-
When multiple conferees are to be seen in a conference, a decision needs to be made in the
conference design. In continuous presence, if six people are to be seen from the distant site, the
local room displays six life-size people. This is continuous presence where everyone is displayed
simultaneously. However, in reality, these systems often are forced out of a continuous presence
mode and into switched presence mode during multipoint conferences. Take for example, three
sites with six people each. Each site can display only six life-size people, but there are a total of
18 participants. Continuous presence for group conferencing almost always is required to also
include switched presence (i.e., reduced in size or removed from view).
Need for Telepresence:
Consider this scenario: I am in London at a meeting with one of my largest customers and I have
just heard that they are about to select one of my competitor on a strategic bid. I have been asked
for and received extra time to resubmit my proposal, and I have now little more than one week to
put together a completely new bid. The problem is that your main office is in New York, product
design is in California, and manufacturing is outsourced in the Far East. I need to bring together
many disparate parts of my own organization and outside suppliers, to construct a counter offer
in the required timeframe. It is down to me to make this happen, but how can I do it? With the
time constraints travelling is completely out of the question and using e-mail and telephone calls
is not likely to get the job wholly complete. With Telepresence, however, one can get all of these
important meetings done from ones local field office in London, which has an immersive
Telepresence suite installed.